Several Boulder marijuana dispensaries, including at least two near the University of Colorado, have received letters from the U.S. Attorney's Office ordering them to move or close by May 7 because they are within 1,000 feet of a school. U.S. Attorney John Walsh sent letters to 25 Colorado dispensaries late last month as part of a second wave of enforcement against dispensaries located n...

Apparently, there is not enough serious crime to keep the U.S. Attorney's office busy. This looks like a good place for federal budget cuts.

Agreed. This nonsense is being dumped on us by the same Feds who felt perfectly justified in sending 50 or so of them to a "conference" in Vegas to the tune of a couple hundred grand. The one they got reamed for in the Post just the other day.

And who are we paying at the state level to NOT stand up to crusader rabbit and defend OUR laws ?

cbrew wrote:Apparently, there is not enough serious crime to keep the U.S. Attorney's office busy. This looks like a good place for federal budget cuts.

You are one of the most vocal critics of others who want to check and challenge the power of the federal government. I guess it took them overreaching, on something you care about, before you got the message. Left or right, the only way to make sure the Feds don't suffocate us is to vote for the people who want a smaller federal government, not an ever-larger one. BTW, I think the feds are way out of line on this issue.

There is nothing in the Cease and Desist Letter that says anything about moving the Continuing Criminal Enterprises.

The letter clearly and unambiguously orders the Criminal Enterprises to CLOSE and cease ALL operations or they will suffer Federal prosecution.

The letter also points out that since these Continuous Criminal Enterprises are within 1000 feet of a school, they are subject to enhanced prison sentences under Federal law -- Double the Minimum Mandatory.

You've got to be kidding me. "Oh won't you please think of the children, those poor 22 year old children"!!! Is this even real? I keep expecting Walsh to show up on TV in makeup, sporting a giant red nose, and throwing pies at people. This has gone from infuriating to embarrassing. Somebody slap that person before he does anything else, is he trying to make this state the laughkngstock of America? We now have 22 year old "children" to worry about?

JoeDaWg wrote:You've got to be kidding me. "Oh won't you please think of the children, those poor 22 year old children"!!! Is this even real? I keep expecting Walsh to show up on TV in makeup, sporting a giant red nose, and throwing pies at people. This has gone from infuriating to embarrassing. Somebody slap that person before he does anything else, is he trying to make this state the laughkngstock of America? We now have 22 year old "children" to worry about?

So you don't support Amendment 64, which denies Adults age 18-20 any right to use, possess or grow any amount of marijuana, leaving them as drug criminals -- felons -- under the law, right?

Check out this report from the insurance industry. Note that this is very current (04/06) and is NOT from pseudo science or government or law enforcement. Hopefully this will put an end to the porposed law about X nanograms in a driver's system. I even hope that the insurance companies will give a "safe driver" discount to Colorado "red card" holders.I am waiting for the anti crowd to come up with explainations such as:>They obviously drive safer cars in those states.>Since weed is illegal...... (fill in your own response as there are too many to list).>The goverment or law enforcement did not do this sudy therefore it cannot be true.>It is issued by an irresponsible group.>So on and so forth.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/04/06/prweb9375729.DTL

This is the 2nd round of many many MANY rounds of letters. If all schools are included k-12, colleges then we have only hit the tip of the iceberg of letters supposed to go out. At least the 1st 2 rounds of letters...at least those disp. owners will have 1st pick on new locations. I am a disp owner and i got a letter and i will tell you that it is close to IMPOSSIBLE to find a location that is not 1000ft from schools, parks, public playgrounds. Plus its not all landlords like what we do and its hard to find who will work with us. Close to IMPOSSIBLE...but it is possible. If you think you will receive a letter than you had better start moving....start doing something than nothing...nothing will make you close your biz. Playing "dumb" in our line of work is not smart. You will loose your dream job. --Anyone who likes cannabis thinks we have a dream job...but in reality it can be a nightmare.